Complete Locations: Review
In this blog I will post a review of 'Star Wars Complete Locations'. This book has collected all 'Inside the Worlds'-books that have been published by DK so far. These are 2 Prequel books ('TPM' & 'AotC') and one Classic volume. This book also has the new 'RotS' feature. The book has a large format and has about 175 pages.
I can't help to feel fooled by DK. Of course I knew that this book would contain the other books, but I love these books so much, I couldn't miss the 'RotS'-pages. So what could I do? Order the book, tear out the pages of 'RotS' and send it back? I have bought every publication of DK and most of them right after the initial release. I'd say DK does not reward it's loyal fans by doing this. It's obvious that they are trying to take profit now that 'Star Wars' is still popular ('Ep.III' and the dvd release). They sell a more expensive book and simply reprint the other volumes. Since this book is rather heavy I think I'll still use the other seperate volumes, because they are easier to handle. I mailed Hans Jenssen (one of the artists) about this book and if you read between the lines, you could understand he and Richard Chasemore (the co-artist) were not that satisfied about this book. There are also other artists who have drawn pages in the 'RotS'-part. These drawings are not bad at all, but you can see it's no Jenssen or Chasemore. Hence my comment that this book was rushed. On the other hand, for fans who don't have every (or none) of the previous 'Inside the Worlds'-books, this edition is probably one of the best 'Star Wars'-books ever published.These are the 'RotS'-pages:- Battle of Coruscant (schematic evolution with ships)- Jedi Temple- Palpatine's office- Utapau (photos)- Pau City- Kashyyyk (photos)- Wookiee Tree (Kachirho)- Battlefronts (photos)- Mustafar (photos)- Mustafar Mines- Mustafar Duel- Polis Massa- Sith Medcenter
Positive Highlights: - New 'Revenge of the Sith' information- New planets receive a position on the starmap
Negative Highlights: - Only one chapter is new in this book when you have all the previous editions- Previous editions are unchanged- Galactic Map does not feature enough planets
This book takes you inside the worlds of the complete Star Wars saga, compiling the individual books already produced for Episodes I, II and the Star Wars Trilogy, updating the text and filling it out with all new Episode III material. < This sentence was printed in the SW.com preview. If anybody can tell me where the text in the previously printed books has been updated, please let me know!
SW.com feature
I can't help to feel fooled by DK. Of course I knew that this book would contain the other books, but I love these books so much, I couldn't miss the 'RotS'-pages. So what could I do? Order the book, tear out the pages of 'RotS' and send it back? I have bought every publication of DK and most of them right after the initial release. I'd say DK does not reward it's loyal fans by doing this. It's obvious that they are trying to take profit now that 'Star Wars' is still popular ('Ep.III' and the dvd release). They sell a more expensive book and simply reprint the other volumes. Since this book is rather heavy I think I'll still use the other seperate volumes, because they are easier to handle. I mailed Hans Jenssen (one of the artists) about this book and if you read between the lines, you could understand he and Richard Chasemore (the co-artist) were not that satisfied about this book. There are also other artists who have drawn pages in the 'RotS'-part. These drawings are not bad at all, but you can see it's no Jenssen or Chasemore. Hence my comment that this book was rushed. On the other hand, for fans who don't have every (or none) of the previous 'Inside the Worlds'-books, this edition is probably one of the best 'Star Wars'-books ever published.These are the 'RotS'-pages:- Battle of Coruscant (schematic evolution with ships)- Jedi Temple- Palpatine's office- Utapau (photos)- Pau City- Kashyyyk (photos)- Wookiee Tree (Kachirho)- Battlefronts (photos)- Mustafar (photos)- Mustafar Mines- Mustafar Duel- Polis Massa- Sith Medcenter
Positive Highlights: - New 'Revenge of the Sith' information- New planets receive a position on the starmap
Negative Highlights: - Only one chapter is new in this book when you have all the previous editions- Previous editions are unchanged- Galactic Map does not feature enough planets
This book takes you inside the worlds of the complete Star Wars saga, compiling the individual books already produced for Episodes I, II and the Star Wars Trilogy, updating the text and filling it out with all new Episode III material. < This sentence was printed in the SW.com preview. If anybody can tell me where the text in the previously printed books has been updated, please let me know!
SW.com feature
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